Game-board



(No Model.) I O. E GARRETT.

Game Board.

No. 237,436. Patented Feb. 8,1881.

PEN-R3, PHOTO-LITHOGRAFNER. WASNINGTOIN. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE E. GARRETT, OF COLLIN SVILLE, CONNECTICUT.

GAME- BOARD.

SPEGIFIGATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 237,436, dated February 8, 1881.

Application filed March 26, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE E. GARRETT, of Collinsville, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Game'Boards, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, Where the figure is a plan view of a gameboard embodying my invention.

The letter a, denotes a board or table, of greater length than width, with one end-that end where the player stands to shoot his balls, and. I will therefore call it the playing end out straight across at right angles to the sides, and with the opposite end rounded or curved. At-t-hat is, near tothe curved or roun ded end there are fixed to the board the elastic rebounding post's c, which, on cheap boards, may be made of hard wood; on more expensive boards, of rubber or the like.

The letter 12 denotes a rail all around the board to prevent the escape of the balls. As this follows the curve at the curved end of the board it will cause balls which strike it to start back toward the playing end. At-that is, near to-the playing end of the board there are small pockets at made in the surface of the board, which are of different values in the game.

The player shoots a ball or balls with a cue, d, againstone of the rebounding-posts, causing it to fly back to the playing end and there fall into one of the pockets. He who has the highest score is the victor.

The balls on cheap tables may be marbles; on fine tables, of ivory.

I claim as my invention- The board a, of greater length than width and with a rounded end, provided with the rail 1), the rebounding-posts c at the rounded end, and with the pockets d at the playing end, all substantially as described.

CLARENCE E. GARRETT.

Witnesses:

R. E. GAYLoRD, W. E. SIMONDs. 

